This course, based on the book by Rebecca Williams, PhD and Julie Kraft, LMFT, presents 52 addiction recovery topics and in-the-moment mindfulness skills to help clients cope with daily stress and stay grounded in their recovery from behavioral addictions. Powerful skills are presented to support your clients in changing unhelpful thought patterns, navigating relationships, taking time for self-care, and managing intense emotions that get in the way of feeling better in recovery. Recovery from addiction can be challenging, this course will provide guidance along the path to supporting your clients’ day-to-day healthy recovery and activating joy.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the clinician will be able to:

• Provide clients skills to explore emotions that can impact addiction recovery.
• Provide clients strategies to change their thoughts to better support recovery goals.
• Identify three ways clients can cultivate and improve their relationships in recovery.
• Instruct clients in three ways they can bond with their bodies in recovery.
• Identify three ways clients can include stress relief in their recovery journey.
• Use the provided mindfulness exercises and practices to engage clients in improving their ongoing recovery and wellness.

Syllabus / Course Instructions

• This course is appropriate for CE for beginning, intermediate and advanced level clinicians and addiction professionals.
• The Course consists of reading the selected book, successfully completing an online posttest and filling out a course evaluation.
• The book is not included. It must be purchased separately. We have supplied a link to Amazon.com for your convenience.
• Purchasing your course will give you access to both a printable copy of the test and an online version. Print the test to use as a companion as you read the book and answer the questions.
• You cannot exit the online test once you begin, so have your answers ready.

Additional Resources On This Site for CE

• The Gift of Therapy
  by Irvin Yalom: 10 CE Credits
• Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life
  Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD: 12 CE Credits
• The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know (2nd Edition)
  David J. Miklowitz, Ph.D.: 15 CE Credits
• Working With Narrative in Emotion-Focused Therapy: Changing Stories, Healing Lives
  by Lynne E. Angus, PhD, CPsych and Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD: 7 CE Credits
• Flourish: A New Understanding of Well-being
  by Martin E.P. Seligman: 13 CE Credits
• The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating Mindfulness Into Psychology and the Helping Professions (2nd Edition)
  by Shauna L. Shapiro, PhD and Linda E. Carlson, PhD, RPsych: 10 CE Credits
• The 10 Best Anxiety Busters: Simple Strategies to Take Control of Your Worry
  by Margaret Wehrenberg, PsyD: 10 CE Credits
• Emotion-Focused Therapy
  by Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD: 6 CE Credits
• ACT Made Simple: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  by Russ Harris, MD: 11 CE Credits
• Trauma and the Twelve Steps: (Soon to be Discontinued: Note: Now Out of Print: Look for Revised and Expanded Version)
  by Jamie Marich, PhD: 6 CE Credits
• The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress, and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors
  by Rebecca Williams, PhD and Julie Kraft MA, LMFT: 7 CE Credits

Bio: Rebecca E. Williams, PhD

Rebecca E. Williams, Ph.D. is a psychologist, wellness expert, and award-winning author. She received her bachelor's degree from Williams College; her master's degree from Harvard; and her doctorate with a specialization in clinical psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

She enjoyed a twenty-year career as a clinic director with the SanDiego, VA Healthcare System; was an associate clinical professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego; and maintained an active private practice.

Dr. Williams is coauthor of two popular books bridging addiction recovery with the power of mindfulness. 'The Gift of Recovery' is a ?pocket coach? designed to strengthen recovery, 'The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction' is a go-to guide for understanding the relationship between moods and substance use. The workbook is now in its second edition and has been translated into multiple languages. Dr. Williams' website is www.mindfulnessworkbook.com.

Bio: Julie S. Kraft, MA, LMFT

Julie S. Kraft, M.A., LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist and an award-winning author. She received her masters degree in marriage and family therapy from the University of San Diegos School of Leadership and Education Sciences. Julie has provided counseling to veterans and their family members at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System and provided psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups in community settings. In her current position with San Diegos Sharp HealthCare, she treats clients struggling with both addiction and mental health concerns. Julie teaches a masters level course at the University of San Diego and she has a private practice in San Diego.